What I did on My WowCation

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 11:10 AM

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Mommar here.

If you noticed there was about a week's worth of silence from camp JMTC.  This was the week that I had decided I wanted to unplug from World of Warcraft to reset my mental buttons.

I ended up doing some reading (Go and read the Dresden Files).  Played a few games (Marvel Heroes mostly) and just relaxed with some movies. 

Even as I was gone, I kept a basic eye on what was occurring with World of Warcraft.  There are enough sites out there that give keen insight on play styles,  Raiding achievements and even the occasional laugh.   So without logging in myself I could enjoy some aspects of WOW.

There were a few things that I did learn (or relearn) as I did my quick Wowcation.

1.   The grass may look greener on the other game.  But it still takes work to become good at it

2.   People will still ask you what you think of the warcraft expansion,  even in your church

3.   Having Warcraft dreams when you're on your vacation is just creepy.

4.   Garrosh is still a pain in the buns to drop Epics,  even if you are not playing

5.   That awesome mount you want,  but can't get to drop still haunts you.

6.   Friends on World of Warcraft still are amazing.

One of the reasons I had decided to unplug was just because I wanted a little bit of a break.  Sometimes the running name joke of calling it 'World of Farmcraft' is too accurate.  When everyday is the same schedule it can easily feel like a job.... With less pay.

So as you're looking to recharge your batteries between now and the opening of the portal to the Warlords of Draenor,  think how you want to spend your Wowcation.  Spending it with family?   With Friends?  With the Pet?  Or plotting world domination in 32 bit color?

Good Luck and Good Profit Hunting


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MOP Prep: Stuff to Gold, Gold to Stuff

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:44 PM

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I have preached from my gold goblin pulpit that need for space.   The more markets you are involved in,  the more space that becomes necessary.   Space becomes a premium if you are a collector.   The same occurs if you are an investor.  MOP approaching the more storage area that you have now,  the more markets you can be involved with flipping mass amounts of items/materials.

If you missed my entry earlier about Guild Bank Buying/Selling here is a link to it 

Pricing a Guild: Pawn Star Style

So for our prep work we should be looking for at least one guild bank (if not more depending on how much gold you have to spend).   Depending on how many slots are available,  you are looking at an investment between 500-750g.   This might seem like a lot (many people who message me are sitting at the 10k to 20k range for investments) but just Investing in Netherweave by itself will recoup that loss and more.

Lets assume that you purchased a 3 tab guild bank.  That will give us 291 slots to play with (3 x 98).   Thats a good healthy amount of slots to store items for quick flipping and production.   If your working with one guild bank (which I suggest placing at least two of your crafting toons in).  Organize your tabs with one tab covering one profession.   Tab 2 can cover the other profession with tab 3 being organized over miscellaneous items to sell.   If you have purchased more than one guild bank then repeat the process with two more toons (if you have them) or seperate your toons so that each bank is covered by one of your production toons.

This setup will allow you to go directly to the guild bank to pick up items instead of needing to log out on one toon to ship items to the other crafter.   To set this up will require a trustworthy friend/player who you can set as the Guild Master and invite the other one of your toons into the Guild.  After the invite and acceptance then your friend can return the mantle of Guild Master to one of your toons.

Organization is going to be a key ingredient to being successful.   Those first few days will go quickly with people looking to invest gold into items.   They will want to buy more and more items and it's a guarantee someone will be there to purchase them.   The important part is to make sure that the seller is you at the highest cost possible.

Good Luck and Good Hunting

Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ gmail. dOT com or find me on twitter at "@Dragonbearjoe" or leave a comment here. You can find me hanging out on the Shandris Server, chat me up and I will buy you a glass of juice. 

Past Entries

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Go and Kill the King

No Ream First Achievement For You

Tipping Point

Pre expansion dusting and scrubbing

The world is your oyster

Selling for Dummies

Iron Sharpens Iron

It's Elemental Dear Goblins

Four words to rock your head (enchants)

Trade Channel Boredom, bring on the dailies

Preview of upcoming events

Gold to burn

I'm gonna tell you a secret

Life with no AH

Yakity Yak

The Auction House Blues

O Brother Where Art thy professions